NASA has discovered signs of life on Mars in the form of organic carbon, sulfur, rust, and phosphorous in a canyon, and new ...

Explore the mysterious atmosphere of Mars like never before. In this video, we reveal the first real images captured by orbiters and rovers, explain how this thin layer of gas behaves, and uncover ...

Elisabeth M. Hausrath receives funding from NASA, including from the MSL Curiosity rover Participating Scientist Program and the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. Mars, one of our closest planetary ...

The Perseverance rover spotted a natural light display on Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS On March 18, 2024, the Sun swung a large bubble of plasma toward the direction of Mars. The eruption of the solar ...

The two Viking spacecraft both consisted of an orbiter and a lander. Viking 1 entered Mars’ orbit on June 19, 1976, and successfully landed on the surface on July 20, 1976, which was also the seventh ...

Researchers say they have gathered evidence of Mars' atmosphere sputtering for the first time. Understanding how Mars' atmosphere has changed over time will undoubtedly help us discover more about the ...

New findings from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity could provide an answer to the mystery of what happened to the planet’s ancient atmosphere and how Mars has evolved over time. Researchers have long ...

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were carved by rivers, so it was once warm enough for liquid water. How—and ...

NASA scientists say the images provide far more than just a striking never-before-seen view of the Martian geography. Studying the features detailed in Odyssey's photos could help NASA prepare for ...